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James K. Galbraith

James K. Galbraith holds the Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., Chair in Government / Business Relations at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds degrees from Harvard and Yale. He studied economics as a Marshall Scholar at King's College, Cambridge, and then served on the staff of the U.S. Congress, including as executive director of the Joint Economic Committee. He directs the University of Texas Inequality Project, an informal research group at the LBJ School, is a Senior Scholar of the Levy Economics Institute, and is chair of Economists for Peace and Security, a global professional association.

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The Predator State is now available in Trade Paperback
Jun 16, 2009
The Predator State will be released on May 12, 2009 in Trade Paperback
May 12, 2009
The Predator State is now available in Trade Paperback
May 12, 2009
The Predator State will be released on June 16, 2009 in Trade Paperback
Dec 19, 2008
The Predator State will be released on August 05, 2008 in Hardcover
Aug 05, 2008
The Predator State is now available in Hardcover
Aug 05, 2008
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Zero Hedge, March 20, 2013
...to prevent the next one.” For that reason I wanted to talk with US economist and book author James K Galbraith ( The Predator State ) in January 2010 about the underlying causes of the global financial crisis and in particular about the...
Boston IMC, October 31, 2012
...be no better in preventing the next bubble than they were in preventing the last one." 5. James K. Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas: "This election is...
Austin American Statesman, October 29, 2012
...During the session ‘Inequality and Instability: The World Economy just before the Great Crisis’. UT economics expert James K. Galbraith fielded an audience question: ‘In what way might the government SPEND to ease the current economic crisis.” ...
Texas Observer, October 24, 2012
...Saturday, October 27, 2012. Time: 1:45 - 2:30. Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.030. Venerable economist James K. Galbraith of UT- Austin will discuss his book Inequality and Instability: The World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis. Galbraith has...
WBUR On Point, July 12, 2012
...Richard Florida, author of the global best-seller The Rise of the Creative Class and Who’s Your City? James K. Galbraith, teaches economics and a variety of other subjects at the LBJ School and University of Texas- Austin’s Department of...
Texas Observer, July 4, 2012
...action and public policy—were responsible for their position in society. The only problem with this now-entrenched view, economist James K. Galbraith writes in Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Just Before the Great Crisis, is that...
Eurasia Review, January 2, 2013
...and “shared sacrifice” by all parties excluding the corporations and big finance. In his masterpiece, “The Predator State“, James K. Galbraith refers to the merging of corporate and State power as that “coalition of relentless opponents of...
CNN, January 1, 2013
...Editor's note: James K. Galbraith is the author of "Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis" (Oxford University Press). He teaches at the University of Texas...
CNN, January 1, 2013
...Editor's note: James K. Galbraith is the author of "Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis" (Oxford University Press). He teaches at the University of Texas...
CNN, January 1, 2013
...Editor's note: James K. Galbraith is the author of "Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis" (Oxford University Press). He teaches at the University of Texas...
CNN, January 1, 2013
...Editor's note: James K. Galbraith is the author of "Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis" (Oxford University Press). He teaches at the University of Texas...
CNN, January 1, 2013
...Editor's note: James K. Galbraith is the author of "Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis" (Oxford University Press). He teaches at the University of Texas...
CNN, January 1, 2013
...Editor's note: James K. Galbraith is the author of "Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis" (Oxford University Press). He teaches at the University of Texas...